title: Serum SCC-Ag in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: We estimated the serum levels of SCC-Ag, CEA and TPA in 69 patients with head or neck neoplasia and 31 healthy patients using a radioimmunometric method (double antibody). SCC-Ag concentrations were significantly increased in 43.4% cancer patients with respect to the cut-off point value (1.7 ng/ml) of the control group, and the specificity was 96.7%. The data varied according to the evolutive phase of disease. Since the combined evaluation of SCC-Ag, TPA and CEA serum levels increased the sensitivity, that was 71.0%, we thought it opportune to use all these markers in the tumoral pathology taken into consideration.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Service, Treviso Hospital, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palermo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carniato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fede
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boccaletto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marchiori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000097:blood*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010455:Peptides / Q000097:blood; D015843:Serpins; D019396:Tissue Polypeptide Antigen
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D010455:Peptides; D015843:Serpins; D019396:Tissue Polypeptide Antigen; C051072:squamous cell carcinoma-related antigen